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TELELETTER
FROM C MJ SEGAR, SEAD
FA 243/3 DATED 28 FEBRUARY 83
MKK 243
RIZENED IN NEUSOPY NO. 51
1 1 MAR 1983
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FOLLOWING FOR R P MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
1.
P W HARE, LISBON
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR TELELETTER SCR 44/4821/79 TO RICHARD HOARE. I HAVE NOW SEEN A COPY OF YOUR SPEAKING NOTE. 2.
THERE CAN BE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR TOWING VIETNAMESE BOATS ON INTO HONG KONG WATERS OR RELAUNCHING REFUGEES WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN LANDED IN MACAU. THE TERRITORY IS NOT SO SMALL OR CROWDED OR INDEED IMPOVERISHED THAT THEY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THEIR SHARE OF THE REGIONAL REFUGEE BURDEN.
3.
IF YOUR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE MOST RECENT CASE BEAR NO FRUIT, WE WILL HAVE TO PRESS ON BOTH THE PORTUGESE AUTHORITIES AND UNHCR THE URGENT NEED FOR MACAU TO MEND HER WAYS.
SIGN C M J SEGAR
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RECEIVED IN REGISTAT NO. 14
19 JAK 1783
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